Sheinbaum, Castro recommit to job programs targeting migration from Honduras

The Mexican government’s flagship employment programs volition proceed to supply enactment and grooming opportunities to radical successful Honduras, 1 of the poorest countries successful the Americas.

The commencement of a 2nd signifier of the hold of the Sowing Life reforestation programme and the Youths Building the Future apprenticeship strategy to the Central American state was the astir important quality retired of a gathering successful Mexico City connected Tuesday betwixt President Claudia Sheinbaum and President Xiomara Castro of Honduras.

Hoy recibimos en Palacio Nacional a la presidenta de Honduras, @XiomaraCastroZ, quien está por concluir su mandato; reconocemos el trabajo y compromiso con su pueblo. Gracias por la amistad y la buena relación bilateral. pic.twitter.com/uXlLKgsWeL

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) November 26, 2025

During their gathering astatine the National Palace, the 2 presidents “celebrated the results” of the implementation of the 2 “social programs” successful Honduras, according to a connection issued by Sheinbaum’s office.

“In the archetypal stage, much than 20,000 radical benefited,” the connection said.

“In airy of this, [Sheinbaum and Castro] announced the motorboat of the 2nd stage, which volition supply much opportunities for occupation grooming for young radical [in Honduras] and favour sustainable improvement for cultivation communities.”

The Sowing Life and Youths Building the Future programs were created by the authorities of erstwhile president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and, starting successful 2019, were rolled retired successful Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador arsenic portion of efforts to supply employment opportunities to citizens of those countries and frankincense deter migration to the United States via Mexico.

On Tuesday, Sheinbaum and Castro “agreed that practice is cardinal to addressing the structural causes of migration and promoting well-being successful [people’s] places of origin,” according to the connection from the president’s office.

The United States authorities supported the Central American rollout of the 2 employment programs, which wage participants a monthly wage of astir US $350-$450.

Both Sowing Life and Youths Building the Future were tainted by corruption scandals during López Obrador’s 2018-24 presidency, but Sheinbaum has remained committed to the programs.

In Mexico, the Youths Building the Future strategy constitutes portion of the government’s efforts to code the basal causes of crime, including poorness and deficiency of opportunity. In immoderate cases, the programme could assistance steer young radical distant from joining transgression groups, which are known for recruiting wayward youth.

Xiomara Castro, the woman of erstwhile Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, is 1 of 3 women leaders presently successful bureau successful Latin American countries. (@sedhHonduras/X)

Castro’s medication is simply a ‘good government,’ says Sheinbaum

At her Wednesday greeting property conference, Sheinbaum said that Castro had expressed gratitude for the enactment Mexico provided to Honduras during her government, which took bureau successful aboriginal 2022.

“[Castro’s administration] is simply a bully government, she reduced utmost poorness and reduced poorness with programs akin to ours,” she said, adding that the minimum wage accrued successful Honduras during Castro’s presidency and “a batch of societal infrastructure projects” were built.

“From my constituent of view, it has been a bully government, and we ever respect each the radical and governments of Latin America, peculiarly a progressive authorities specified arsenic that which governs Honduras today,” Sheinbaum said.

Bilateral gathering took spot connected International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Sheinbaum’s gathering with Castro coincided with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which the Mexican authorities marked with the announcement of an inaugural called “16 Days of Activism Against Violence Toward Women.”

According to the connection issued by Sheinbaum’s bureau connected Tuesday, “on this emblematic date, the 2 Latin American leaders reaffirmed their governments’ committedness to eliminating unit against women, arsenic good arsenic their determination to beforehand nationalist policies that warrant women’s afloat improvement and substantive equality.”

“Both heads of authorities confirmed the fantabulous authorities of the bilateral narration and the historical value of being the archetypal women presidents successful their respective nations,” the connection added.

Sheinbaum and Castro, the woman of erstwhile Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, are 2 of 3 women leaders presently successful bureau successful Latin American countries. The different is Rosario Murillo, who is simply a co-president of Nicaragua on with her hubby Daniel Ortega.

Sheinbaum and Castro hold to travel up connected outcomes of 2023 Palenque summit  

The connection issued by Sheinbaum’s bureau besides said that the Mexican and Honduran presidents “agreed to travel up connected the conclusions derived from 2 initiatives convened by Mexico,” namely a determination migration acme held successful Palenque, Chiapas, successful October 2023, and a gathering successful Mexico City successful January connected “human mobility on the bluish migration corridor.”

At the Palenque summit, the archetypal and astir elaborate constituent of 14 that were agreed to by the 10 countries contiguous was to gully up “an enactment program for improvement … to be to the structural causes of irregular migration successful the region.”

Key takeaways from the Latin American migration acme successful Palenque

According to Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, successful Mexico City successful January, officials from countries including Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela engaged successful dialog and coordinated actions aimed at:

• Protecting the quality rights of migrants and preventing their maltreatment and mistreatment.
• Managing migration done a humanitarian attack that ensures regular, safe, and orderly question portion supporting migrant integration.
• Strengthening planetary practice to code some the structural and contiguous causes of migration and the implicit migration rhythm — origin, transit, destination, and return.

On Tuesday, Sheinbaum and Castro besides spoke astir vigor cooperation.

The 2 leaders “highlighted the value advances successful vigor practice acknowledgment to agreements signed betwixt the authorities of Honduras and Mexican institutions specified arsenic Pemex, the Mexican Petroleum Institute, the Federal Electricity Commission and the National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy,” said Mexico’s statement.

“They expressed the value of continuing this collaboration done the speech of experiences, the improvement of method capacities, and the transportation of exertion to beforehand much efficient, modern, and sustainable vigor systems,” the connection said.

On societal media, Sheinbaum noted that Castro is adjacent to completing her four-year word arsenic president and thanked her for her relationship and the “good bilateral relationship” betwixt Mexico and Honduras.

General elections volition beryllium held successful Honduras this Sunday, with 3 main candidates vying to regenerate Castro arsenic president.